ESG Narrative Reporting Supplement

Transform Your ESG Data into Compelling Stories

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting has evolved far beyond spreadsheets and metrics. While quantitative data demonstrates progress, it's the human stories, real-world case studies, and stakeholder voices that truly bring your sustainability initiatives to life.

This ESG Narrative Reporting Supplement template is designed for sustainability professionals, corporate responsibility teams, and communications departments who need to collect rich qualitative content that complements their ESG data. Whether you're preparing an integrated annual report, sustainability update, or stakeholder communication, this template helps you gather the narrative elements that make your ESG performance resonate.

Perfect for Multiple Industries and Roles

This template serves sustainability managers, ESG analysts, corporate communications teams, investor relations professionals, and CSR directors across industries including manufacturing, finance, technology, retail, healthcare, and professional services. It's particularly valuable for organizations preparing GRI, SASB, or TCFD-aligned reports that benefit from qualitative disclosure alongside quantitative metrics.

What Makes This Template Powerful

Unlike traditional reporting forms, this template is structured to capture:

• Case studies that showcase specific ESG initiatives and their real-world impact
• Stakeholder testimonials from employees, community members, customers, and partners
• Visual storytelling through photographs and supporting documentation
• Quantitative context that links narrative content to measurable outcomes
• Multi-stakeholder perspectives that demonstrate comprehensive engagement

The conditional logic guides contributors through relevant sections based on their reporting area (environmental, social, or governance), ensuring they provide the right context and supporting materials.

Streamline Collection and Amplify Impact

Gathering narrative content for ESG reports typically involves dozens of emails, scattered feedback, and mismatched formats. This template centralizes the entire collection process, making it easy for business units, regional offices, and external stakeholders to contribute their stories in a consistent, structured format.

The form collects everything you need—from initiative descriptions and measurable outcomes to stakeholder quotes and supporting imagery—all in one place. Contributors can upload photographs, documents, and other media directly, eliminating the back-and-forth typically required to assemble compelling ESG narratives.

Automate Your ESG Reporting Workflow

Once submissions come in, you can use Stepper to automatically route content for review, organize submissions by ESG pillar or reporting framework, and trigger approval workflows before content goes into your final report. This ensures quality control while dramatically reducing the manual work of compiling narrative supplements.

For organizations that need formal sign-off on reported content, Papersign lets you convert approved submissions into attestations or verification documents that can be electronically signed by contributors or reviewers, maintaining a clear audit trail for your ESG disclosures.

Why Paperform for ESG Reporting

Paperform's flexible, document-style editor lets you create forms that feel professional and on-brand—important when you're asking busy executives, community partners, or external stakeholders to contribute. The platform's conditional logic ensures contributors only see relevant questions, making the experience efficient and respectful of their time.

With SOC 2 Type II compliance and robust security features, Paperform provides the data protection and governance controls that sustainability teams need when handling sensitive ESG information. Plus, integrations with tools like Google Drive, Airtable, and Slack make it easy to incorporate ESG narrative collection into your existing reporting workflows.

Start gathering the stories behind your sustainability data and create ESG reports that truly connect with stakeholders, investors, and the communities you serve.